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MID-LENGTH FILMS (21–40 mins) Our mid-length films – from 20–40 minutes long – allow us to bring more depth to our storytelling. If we have the budget to go deeper, we love this format for exploring the why and how behind the ideas, the ways of being and the ways of living of the people we focus our cameras on. Explore films about people undertaking projects to bring their community together through gardening and composting, people focused on land regeneration and food foresting, and stay tuned for more to come across a range of topics! Browse all films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Community Farming Food & Gardening Homes & Building Permaculture Regenerating Nature Simple Living Urban Living Zero Waste Permaculture, Simple Living, Homes & Building, Community Strawbale Dream Home 25 mins Follow Adam and Sian as they build their traditional timber frame home combining timber joinery, strawbale and cob. Zero Waste, Community, Urban Living, Food & Gardening Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story 39 mins Follow the remarkable journey of a passionate man making composting at a community-wide scale not just a dream but the real thing. Food & Gardening, Community, Permaculture, Urban Living Together We Grow: The Story of Common Unity 39 mins Learn the variety of ways this community comes together to help those in need to have access to great food and meaningful connections Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature The Food Forest Farmers 24 mins What role do humans play in Earth's ecosystems and how can we be good stewards of the land? This film showcases syntropic farming as a way. Regenerating Nature, Simple Living Fools & Dreamers 30 mins Does regenerating a native forest mean hundreds of staff or volunteers planting individual tress? What about leaving it to nature?

PERMACULTURE DOCUMENTARIES If there's one theme that's guaranteed to turn up in our films, it's permaculture. As a design system for gardens, farms and forests, homes, communities and social structures, you name it permaculture offers a perspective that incorporates resilience and sustainability into any plan for change. From interviews with the co-originator of permaculture, David Holmgren, to films in which permaculture is showcased even if not named, our films share a variety of ways in which to incorporate permaculture into day to day life. We hope you're inspired to become a permie yourself! Browse all films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Feature (+40 mins) Mid-length (21-40 mins) Short (0-20 mins) Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste The New Peasants 66 mins Our new feature film won Best Environmental Documentary at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2025. Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Permaculture The Plummery, 5-year Revisit 12 mins In this film we revisit The Plummery, the 100sq/m backyard garden in inner-city Melbourne where Kat Lavers lives and gardens. Simple Living, Permaculture, Community, Urban Living A Day in the Life of Woody 12 mins A Day in the Life of Woody showcases the unschooled life of 11-year-old Blackwood, a boy who has been schooled from home all his life. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living The City Food Commons 12 mins The commons has been an almost-forgotten concept, and yet once provided so much community resilience. This film showcases a new approach. Permaculture, Simple Living, Homes & Building, Community Strawbale Dream Home 25 mins Follow Adam and Sian as they build their traditional timber frame home combining timber joinery, strawbale and cob. Permaculture, Food & Gardening, Urban Living, Regenerating Nature Growing Wild Together 16 mins We revisit the food forest we filmed five years ago to discover what's changed and how much more wild it's all become – plants and people! Food & Gardening, Community, Permaculture, Urban Living Together We Grow: The Story of Common Unity 39 mins Learn the variety of ways this community comes together to help those in need to have access to great food and meaningful connections Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture Hua Parakore 8 mins Hua Parakore encapsulates the principles behind growing food from a te ao Māori – Māori worldview perspective. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature The Food Forest Farmers 24 mins What role do humans play in Earth's ecosystems and how can we be good stewards of the land? This film showcases syntropic farming as a way. Community, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Farming From Weedy Forests to Grassy Woodlands 12 mins A film exploring how the simple practice of grazing goats on wild lands can lead to a healthier forest and a more connected community. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Farming Limestone Permaculture Tour #3 17 mins Our second film with Brett and Nici of Limestone Permaculture, and the third film in our Permaculture Tours series. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature Melliodora Tour 11 mins A tour of David Holmgren and Su Dennett's 1-hectare permaculture paradise – explore the home and garden of the co-founder of permaculture. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living An Invitation for Wildness 20 mins The Guytons have made a name for themselves as forest gardeners. In this first of two films we tour the forest when it is 23 years old. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living A Life with Less Waste 8 mins What secrets does this family hold to reducing individual impact on the planet by reducing family waste streams? Permaculture, Food & Gardening How to Make Seaweed Gomasio 11 mins A step by step guide to foraging for edible seaweeds at your local beach and making gomasio to season your meals. Permaculture, Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Urban Living The Plummery 8 mins Find out how to grow an abundance of fruit and vegetables even when you have a tiny backyard garden in the middle of a busy city. Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Food & Gardening, Community, Economy Degrowth in the Suburbs 15 mins What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living Abdallah House 14 mins A tour of a very small urban section that has been developed using permaculture principles to make best use of the space. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living Creatures of Place 12 mins This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Community, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living, Permaculture, Economy, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Zero Waste Living the Change 86 mins Living the Change is a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to the global crises we face today. Farming, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature Restoring Paradise 8 mins A short film showcases Mangarara Farm, where holistic grazing practices are regenerating the land to the biodiverse fields that once were. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture The Future of Food 5 mins Frank and Josje discuss Community Supported Agriculture as a sustainable and viable food system for the future. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste Closing the Loop 7 mins Learn about how this couple manages their composting toilet, why it's so important, and how easy it is! Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Urban Living Urban Abundance 5 mins This couple have turned their urban back yard into beautiful neat rows of market garden and help others to garden in their own back yards. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living, Homes & Building Living Simply in an Off-Grid Tiny House 6 mins Living simply in just 20 square metres this family has found a different way of living that helps them to feel more sustained and content. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste A Simpler Way 78 mins What would it look like to live within Earth's available resources? This group came together to explore a one-world-footprint lifestyle. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Economy From Finance to Farmer 15 mins Explore the beautiful food forest Andrew Martin has created from a paddock of grass, and learn all the reasons why he's doing so. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Urban Living The Food Is Free Laneway 4 mins A film showcasing Lou and the Food is Free Laneway she initiated alongside her house, following the principles of #foodisfree. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture Purple Pear Permaculture Farm 6 mins A tour of Purple Pear Farm, where permaculture principles and biodynamic farming guide the management of gardens and animals. Community, Simple Living, Permaculture, Homes & Building, Zero Waste $420 Tiny House 4 mins This film showcases the build of a very tiny house, built using reclaimed materials by a couple with no previous building experience. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature Limestone Permaculture Tour #1 13 mins The first of two Happen Films tours of well known Limestone Permaculture Farm, where an abundance of food and medicine is grown on 1 acre. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living, Homes & Building Building a Beautiful, Rustic Tiny House 8 mins Meet Taj as she gives a tour and describes living simply in this 10 sq metre tiny house built using reclaimed materials. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living Agari Permaculture Farm 4 mins A short film showcasing Agari Permaculture Farm, a place for exploring natural building and permaculture.

FEATURE FILMS (+40 mins) Our feature films may be few to date but we've loved having the opportunity to make them. These two films have provided important transition stages for us as filmmakers – our first, A Simpler Way, was our launch pad into serious filmmaking, our second, Living the Change, brought multiple festival selections and awards and the enthusiasm and support of an audience the world over. This is a format less accessible to us as community-funded, low-budget filmmakers. We love short films because we can share so many stories across a range of subjects on a regular basis, but we'll always grab the opportunity to explore to a much greater extent an idea or a series of ideas when a feature film becomes viable. Stay tuned because we're working on our third feature film right now! Browse all films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Community Economy Farming Food & Gardening Homes & Building Permaculture Regenerating Nature Simple Living Urban Living Zero Waste Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste The New Peasants 66 mins Our new feature film won Best Environmental Documentary at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2025. Community, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living, Permaculture, Economy, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Zero Waste Living the Change 86 mins Living the Change is a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to the global crises we face today. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste A Simpler Way 78 mins What would it look like to live within Earth's available resources? This group came together to explore a one-world-footprint lifestyle.

FILMS ABOUT FOOD AND GARDENING In this selection of films you'll find a wide range of approaches to growing food. So much personal and collective resilience comes from having local and backyard access to quality food – our health and the planet's health depend on it! Here you'll find examples of permaculture gardening, food forest gardening, oraganic gardening, an indigenous perspective on food growing, gardening in tiny spaces and gardening across acres, growing food to share with others and composting everything from food scraps to poo – you name it, if it has to do with growing beautiful soil and beautiful vegetables we're interested! Browse all films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Feature (+40 mins) Mid-length (21-40 mins) Short (0-20 mins) Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste The New Peasants 66 mins Our new feature film won Best Environmental Documentary at the Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2025. Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Permaculture The Plummery, 5-year Revisit 12 mins In this film we revisit The Plummery, the 100sq/m backyard garden in inner-city Melbourne where Kat Lavers lives and gardens. Regenerating Nature, Food & Gardening, Community Rongoā Māori 11 mins Rongoā is the healing practice and an essential element of the worldview of Māori, the indigenous people of Aotearoa New Zealand. Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Economy, Urban Living Being the Change at 85 13 mins Helen Dew is an 85-year-old activist with a passion for gardening, community resilience, biochar, seed saving and living simply. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living The City Food Commons 12 mins The commons has been an almost-forgotten concept, and yet once provided so much community resilience. This film showcases a new approach. Zero Waste, Community, Urban Living, Food & Gardening Ben & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story 39 mins Follow the remarkable journey of a passionate man making composting at a community-wide scale not just a dream but the real thing. Regenerating Nature, Food & Gardening Fishing for the Future 17 mins A small-scale, thoughtful and ethical approach to fishing our oceans is possible – this family is leading the way. Permaculture, Food & Gardening, Urban Living, Regenerating Nature Growing Wild Together 16 mins We revisit the food forest we filmed five years ago to discover what's changed and how much more wild it's all become – plants and people! Food & Gardening, Community, Permaculture, Urban Living Together We Grow: The Story of Common Unity 39 mins Learn the variety of ways this community comes together to help those in need to have access to great food and meaningful connections Community, Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture Hua Parakore 8 mins Hua Parakore encapsulates the principles behind growing food from a te ao Māori – Māori worldview perspective. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature The Food Forest Farmers 24 mins What role do humans play in Earth's ecosystems and how can we be good stewards of the land? This film showcases syntropic farming as a way. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Farming Limestone Permaculture Tour #3 17 mins Our second film with Brett and Nici of Limestone Permaculture, and the third film in our Permaculture Tours series. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature Melliodora Tour 11 mins A tour of David Holmgren and Su Dennett's 1-hectare permaculture paradise – explore the home and garden of the co-founder of permaculture. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living An Invitation for Wildness 20 mins The Guytons have made a name for themselves as forest gardeners. In this first of two films we tour the forest when it is 23 years old. Permaculture, Food & Gardening How to Make Seaweed Gomasio 11 mins A step by step guide to foraging for edible seaweeds at your local beach and making gomasio to season your meals. Permaculture, Community, Food & Gardening, Simple Living, Urban Living The Plummery 8 mins Find out how to grow an abundance of fruit and vegetables even when you have a tiny backyard garden in the middle of a busy city. Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Food & Gardening, Community, Economy Degrowth in the Suburbs 15 mins What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living Abdallah House 14 mins A tour of a very small urban section that has been developed using permaculture principles to make best use of the space. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste, Urban Living Creatures of Place 12 mins This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Community, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living, Permaculture, Economy, Farming, Food & Gardening, Homes & Building, Zero Waste Living the Change 86 mins Living the Change is a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to the global crises we face today. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture The Future of Food 5 mins Frank and Josje discuss Community Supported Agriculture as a sustainable and viable food system for the future. Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste Closing the Loop 7 mins Learn about how this couple manages their composting toilet, why it's so important, and how easy it is! Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Urban Living Urban Abundance 5 mins This couple have turned their urban back yard into beautiful neat rows of market garden and help others to garden in their own back yards. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste A Simpler Way 78 mins What would it look like to live within Earth's available resources? This group came together to explore a one-world-footprint lifestyle. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature, Economy From Finance to Farmer 15 mins Explore the beautiful food forest Andrew Martin has created from a paddock of grass, and learn all the reasons why he's doing so. Community, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Urban Living The Food Is Free Laneway 4 mins A film showcasing Lou and the Food is Free Laneway she initiated alongside her house, following the principles of #foodisfree. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture Purple Pear Permaculture Farm 6 mins A tour of Purple Pear Farm, where permaculture principles and biodynamic farming guide the management of gardens and animals. Farming, Food & Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature Limestone Permaculture Tour #1 13 mins The first of two Happen Films tours of well known Limestone Permaculture Farm, where an abundance of food and medicine is grown on 1 acre.

PODCASTS In 2020, like so many around the world, we found ourselves unable to complete the work we had scheduled for the better part of the year ahead. If we couldn't shoot new films, then what? A podcast, of course! We took the opportunity to hook up with some of our favourite folk – people we'd filmed with before and people we'd love to film with one day. This short period produced 7 podcasts that still feel relevant and meaningful today. Dive deep into a variety of subjects, from energy transition to regen farming transition and more! Watch our films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Community Farming & Composting Gardening Permaculture Regenerating Nature Simple Living Urban Living Zero Waste Community, Zero Waste HAPPEN FILMS PODCAST #7 73 mins In episode 7 of the podcast Antoinette is joined by Tina Ngata (Ngati Porou), advocate for environmental, indigenous and human rights. Urban Living, Permaculture, Zero Waste HAPPEN FILMS PODCAST #6 56 mins In this weeks episode of the Happen Films Podcast we talk to Nate Hagens about his move from Wall Street to climate educator. Permaculture, Farming & Composting, Gardening, Simple Living HAPPEN FILMS PODCAST #5 67 mins In Episode 5 of the Happen Films podcast, we speak to Brett and Nici from Limestone Permaculture Farm. Community, Urban Living HAPPEN FILMS PODCAST #4 49 mins Dr Susan Krumdieck is an American-born, New Zealand-based Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Canterbury University. Regenerating Nature, Farming & Composting HAPPEN FILMS PODCAST #3 65 mins In Episode 3 of the Happen Films podcast we speak with Jono Frew and discuss how he found himself to be a regenerative agriculture coach. Community, Simple Living, Zero Waste HAPPEN FILMS PODCAST #2 58 mins In episode 2 of the Happen Films Podcast we’re joined by a Dude Making a Difference, Rob Greenfield. Community, Simple Living, Urban Living, Gardening HAPPEN FILMS PODCAST #1 72 mins In our first podcast, Meg and Patrick discuss community resilience and the opportunities for change that the pandemic presents.

EXTENDED INTERVIEWS We've had the good fortune to interview some pretty amazing folk over the years. We can never include as much as we'd like to in each film, and so when we can we make available the full-length interviews, for those who like to geek out or go deeper on the big questions. Enjoy! Watch our films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Community Farming & Composting Gardening Permaculture Simple Living Urban Living Community, Farming & Composting, Gardening, Permaculture DR JESSICA HUTCHINGS EXTENDED INTERVIEW 60 mins This is the full-length interview with Dr Jessica Hutchings from our film Hua Parakore: Living with Indigenous Food Sovereignty. Community CHARLES EISENSTEIN EXTENDED INTERVIEW 70 mins This is the full-length 1.5-hour interview with Charles Eisenstein from the film Living the Change. Community, Urban Living, Simple Living NICOLE FOSS EXTENDED INTERVIEW 114 mins This is the full-length version of the interview with Nicole Foss from our documentary A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity. Community, Simple Living, Urban Living GRAHAM TURNER EXTENDED INTERVIEW 52 mins This is the full interview we shot with Graham Turner for our film A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity. Community, Simple Living, Urban Living TED TRAINER EXTENDED INTERVIEW 68 mins This is the full-length version of the interview from our documentary A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity. Community, Simple Living, Urban Living HELENA NORBERG-HODGE EXTENDED INTERVIEW 74 mins This is the full interview we shot with Helena Norberg-Hodge for our film A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity. Permaculture, Gardening, Farming & Composting, Community DAVID HOLMGREN EXTENDED INTERVIEW 87 mins This is the full-length interview with David Holmgren from our film A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity.

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FEATURE FILMS Our feature films may be few to date but we've loved having the opportunity to make them. These two films have provided important transition stages for us as filmmakers – our first, A Simpler Way, was our launch pad into serious filmmaking, our second, Living the Change, brought multiple festival selections and awards and the enthusiasm and support of an audience the world over. This is a format less accessible to us as community-funded, low-budget filmmakers. We love short films because we can share so many stories across a range of subjects on a regular basis, but we'll always grab the opportunity to explore to a much greater extent an idea or a series of ideas when a feature film becomes viable. Stay tuned because we're working on our third feature film right now! Browse all films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Community Gardening Permaculture Regenerating Nature Simple Living Urban Living Community, Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living A Simpler Way 78 mins What would it look like to live within Earth's available resources? This group came together to explore a one-world-footprint lifestyle. Community, Simple Living, Regenerating Nature, Urban Living, Permaculture Living the Change 86 mins Living the Change is a feature-length documentary that explores solutions to the global crises we face today.

SHORT FILMS We love making short films, which is why we've made so many of them! This genre creates an opportunity to share the stories of people and projects in a way that is accessible to anyone with access to the internet. All of our short films – films under 20 minutes long – are available free to view via our YouTube channel and here on our website, and the subjects they cover are many and varied within an overall theme: in what ways are people responding positively to the predicaments of our times? Explore responses that include permaculture ethics, living simply, transitioning to zero waste, regenerating land and mindfully considering our place in the world. Browse all films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Community Farming & Composting Gardening Mindfulness Permaculture Regenerating Nature Simple Living Urban Living Zero Waste Simple Living, Permaculture, Community A Day in the Life of Woody 12 mins A Day in the Life of Woody showcases the unschooled life of 11-year-old Blackwood, a boy who has been schooled from home all his life. Community, Simple Living, Permaculture $420 Tiny House 4 mins This film showcases the build of a very tiny house, built using reclaimed materials by a couple with no previous building experience. Community, Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste A Life with Less Waste 8 mins What secrets does this family hold to reducing individual impact on the planet by reducing family waste streams? Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living Abdallah House 14 mins A tour of a very small urban section that has been developed using permaculture principles to make best use of the space. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living Agari Permaculture Farm 4 mins A short film showcasing Agari Permaculture Farm, a place for exploring natural building and permaculture. Community, Gardening, Simple Living, Zero Waste Being the Change at 85 13 mins Helen Dew is an 85-year-old activist with a passion for gardening, community resilience, biochar, seed saving and living simply. Farming & Composting, Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste Closing the Loop 7 mins Learn about how this couple manages their composting toilet, why it's so important, and how easy it is! Community, Permaculture, Simple Living Building a Beautiful, Rustic Tiny House 8 mins Meet Taj as she gives a tour and describes living simply in this 10 sq metre tiny house built using reclaimed materials. Community, Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living, Zero Waste Creatures of Place 12 mins This family live an incredibly simple life, yet they have an abundance in so many things – food, community, time to create a beautiful life. Permaculture, Simple Living, Urban Living, Zero Waste, Gardening, Community Degrowth in the Suburbs 15 mins What does sustainable living in the city look like? This film explores the different methods one family employs to reduce their impact. Simple Living Earthbag Timelapse 2 mins A 3-minute time lapse showing the build of an earthbag tiny house built by unskilled labourers at Wurruk'an, in Gippsland, Australia. Community, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature From Weedy Forests to Grassy Woodlands 12 mins A film exploring how the simple practice of grazing goats on wild lands can lead to a healthier forest and a more connected community. Farming & Composting, Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature From Finance to Farmer 15 mins Explore the beautiful food forest Andrew Martin has created from a paddock of grass, and learn all the reasons why he's doing so. Mindfulness Flute Making and Human Making 17 mins A mediation on the unexpected similarities to be found between making a beautiful Japanese shakuhachi flute and making a beautiful human. Simple Living Off-Grid Tiny House on Wheels 17 mins This 17-minute tiny house tour takes us through all the highs and lows of building a tiny house on wheels. Community, Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living Melliodora Tour 11 mins A tour of David Holmgren and Su Dennett's 1-hectare permaculture paradise – explore the home and garden of the co-founder of permaculture. Community, Farming & Composting, Permaculture, Simple Living Living Simply in an Off-Grid Tiny House 6 mins Living simply in just 20 square metres this family has found a different way of living that helps them to feel more sustained and content. Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature Limestone Permaculture Tour #2 17 mins Our second film with Brett and Nici of Limestone Permaculture, and the third film in our Permaculture Tours series. Farming & Composting, Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature Limestone Permaculture Tour #1 13 mins The first of two Happen Films tours of well known Limestone Permaculture Farm, where an abundance of food and medicine is grown on 1 acre. Community, Farming & Composting, Gardening, Permaculture Hua Parakore 8 mins Hua Parakore encapsulates the principles behind growing food from a te ao Māori – Māori worldview perspective. Permaculture How to Make Seaweed Gomasio 11 mins A step by step guide to foraging for edible seaweeds at your local beach and making gomasio to season your meals. Farming & Composting, Gardening, Permaculture Purple Pear Permaculture Farm 6 mins A tour of Purple Pear Farm, where permaculture principles and biodynamic farming guide the management of gardens and animals. Farming & Composting, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature Restoring Paradise 8 mins A short film showcases Mangarara Farm, where holistic grazing practices are regenerating the land to the biodiverse fields that once were. Community, Gardening, Permaculture, Simple Living The City Food Commons 12 mins The commons has been an almost-forgotten concept, and yet once provided so much community resilience. This film showcases a new approach. Community, Gardening, Permaculture The Food Is Free Laneway 4 mins A film showcasing Lou and the Food is Free Laneway she initiated alongside her house, following the principles of #foodisfree. Farming & Composting, Gardening, Permaculture The Future of Food 5 mins Frank and Josje discuss Community Supported Agriculture as a sustainable and viable food system for the future. Simple Living The Handmade Housetruck 12 mins Explore the simple life and beautiful home of this couple in their beautiful off-grid handmade tiny house truck, built with love and skill. Permaculture, Community, Gardening, Simple Living The Plummery 8 mins Find out how to grow an abundance of fruit and vegetables even when you have a tiny backyard garden in the middle of a busy city. Community, Gardening, Permaculture Urban Abundance 5 mins This couple have turned their urban back yard into beautiful neat rows of market garden and help others to garden in their own back yards. Zero Waste, Urban Living, Simple Living The Rubbish Trip 17 mins What does it mean to be on the zero waste journey? And why is it important for us each to take personal responsibility for our waste? Permaculture, Gardening, Urban Living, Regenerating Nature Growing Wild Together 16 mins We revisit the food forest we filmed five years ago to discover what's changed and how much more wild it's all become – plants and people! Regenerating Nature Fishing for the Future 17 mins A small-scale, thoughtful and ethical approach to fishing our oceans is possible – this family is leading the way.

MID-LENGTH FILMS Our mid-length films – from 20–40 minutes long – allow us to bring more depth to our storytelling. If we have the budget to go deeper, we love this format for exploring the why and how behind the ideas, the ways of being and the ways of living of the people we focus our cameras on. Explore films about people undertaking projects to bring their community together through gardening and composting, people focused on land regeneration and food foresting, and stay tuned for more to come across a range of topics! Browse all films Filter options: Use the buttons below to filter the list of films. You can select more than one option, and click again to deselect. Community Farming & Composting Gardening Permaculture Regenerating Nature Simple Living Zero Waste Regenerating Nature, Simple Living Fools & Dreamers 30 mins Does regenerating a native forest mean hundreds of staff or volunteers planting individual tress? What about leaving it to nature? Community, Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature An Invitation for Wildness 20 mins The Guytons have made a name for themselves as forest gardeners. In this first of two films we tour the forest when it is 23 years old. Farming & Composting, Gardening, Permaculture, Regenerating Nature The Food Forest Farmers 24 mins What role do humans play in Earth's ecosystems and how can we be good stewards of the land? This film showcases syntropic farming as a way. Gardening, Community, Permaculture Together We Grow: The Story of Common Unity 39 mins Learn the variety of ways this community comes together to help those in need to have access to great food and meaningful connections Permaculture, Simple Living Strawbale Dream Home 25 mins Follow Adam and Sian as they build their traditional timber frame home combining timber joinery, strawbale and cob. Farming & Composting, Zero Waste, Community Be & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story 39 mins Follow the remarkable journey of a passionate man making composting at a community-wide scale not just a dream but the real thing.

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Cute $2500 rustic tiny house with beautiful geodesic dome window Building a Beautiful, Rustic Tiny House Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v1) Join our our wonderfully supportive Patreon community from as little as one dollar a month and receive: Show how 4 2 Simply sharing our films is a great way to support the work we do and help our work reach even more people. We really appreciate it! Show how 1 Film screenings are a great way to connect with your community and can be the perfect starting place for building local resilience. Show how 5 3 Find out how Other films you might like Share your thoughts about Building a Beautiful, Rustic Tiny House Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v2 - DRAFT) Join our our wonderfully supportive Patreon community from as little as one dollar a month and receive: Show More 4 2 Simply sharing our films is a great way to support the work we do and help our work reach even more people. We really appreciate it! Show More 1 Film screenings are a great way to connect with your community and can be the perfect starting place for building local resilience. Show More 5 3 Find out how Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Find out more about the community Taj was part of in our free-to-view feature film A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity . Check out the construction and a tour of this cute 10-square-metre mostly recycled tiny house with a lead-light geodesic dome window, built on land shared by a community committed to simple living. The build cost around $2500, and was completed by a group of mostly unskilled builders in Gippsland, Australia. The house has a loft bed, and work and living space below, with no need for a bathroom or kitchen as these are part of the community’s shared facilities. Community, Permaculture, Simple Living About Building a Beautiful, Rustic Tiny House 8 mins Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v5) Click on the options below to find out more about each one. 5) Host a community film screening 4) Become a Patreon subscriber 3) Make a one-off donation 2) Sign up for our newsletter 1) Share this film with someone else Find out how Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. 5 Host a community film screening 4 Become a Patreon subscriber 3 Make a one-off donation 2 Sign up for our newsletter 1 Share this film with someone Find out how

Couple Builds Tiny House for Only $420! $420 Tiny House Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v1) Join our our wonderfully supportive Patreon community from as little as one dollar a month and receive: Show how 4 2 Simply sharing our films is a great way to support the work we do and help our work reach even more people. We really appreciate it! Show how 1 Film screenings are a great way to connect with your community and can be the perfect starting place for building local resilience. Show how 5 3 Find out how “ Living proof that one man's trash is another man's treasure. Bravo! @enoch327 YouTube “ I love this tiny home! It's got soul, unlike commercially built homes. Great job, guys! @australianwoman9696 YouTube “ This is one of the most joyful videos I have watched in a long time. Good luck to you with your home! @smileyhappyradio YouTube “ This video was heartwarming and gave me hope and spiritual strength. Encouraging, humble and honest simplicity. @bottlenosedolphin8494 YouTube Other films you might like ​ Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ ​ @enoch327 ​ “ ​ @australianwoman9696 ​ “ ​ @smileyhappyradio ​ “ ​ @bottlenosedolphin8494 ​ Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v2 - DRAFT) Join our our wonderfully supportive Patreon community from as little as one dollar a month and receive: Show More 4 2 Simply sharing our films is a great way to support the work we do and help our work reach even more people. We really appreciate it! Show More 1 Film screenings are a great way to connect with your community and can be the perfect starting place for building local resilience. Show More 5 3 Find out how Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . See more about Liam and Rachel’s community in our free-to-view feature film A Simpler Way: Crisis as Opportunity . Meet Liam and Rachel, who built this cute 6.25-metre tiny house for just $420. Using almost entirely reclaimed materials, including bits and pieces scavenged from building sites and dumpsters, the couple built their first home with no previous building experience. The teeny little house has a living area downstairs and above it a loft with a double bed. As they were living in community, Liam and Rachel didn’t need to include a kitchen and bathroom, as they have shared facilities and a communal living space nearby. This is their perfect retreat, surrounded by vegetable plots and looking out onto beautiful native bush. Community, Simple Living, Permaculture About $420 Tiny House 4 mins Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v5) Click on the options below to find out more about each one. 5) Host a community film screening 4) Become a Patreon subscriber 3) Make a one-off donation 2) Sign up for our newsletter 1) Share this film with someone else Find out how Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. 5 Host a community film screening 4 Become a Patreon subscriber 3 Make a one-off donation 2 Sign up for our newsletter 1 Share this film with someone Find out how

Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest Fools & Dreamers Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v1) Join our our wonderfully supportive Patreon community from as little as one dollar a month and receive: Show how 4 2 Simply sharing our films is a great way to support the work we do and help our work reach even more people. We really appreciate it! Show how 1 Film screenings are a great way to connect with your community and can be the perfect starting place for building local resilience. Show how 5 3 Find out how “ This is my new go to film if ever I start believing that we cannot make change on a personal level. Hugh Wilson speaks with words of wisdom! @p_aulwhite YouTube “ This is one of my favourites. I rewatch it every once in a while when my soul needs saving. Tysm for capturing and sharing this story with the rest of the world. @yobrvldas Instagram “ I appreciate this documentary so much. This film will be the catalyst for change. @anroburger7689 YouTube “ I love this film....watched it over and over and told everyone to watch it. @small.footprints.aotearoa Instagram Other films you might like Share your thoughts about the film Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ ​ @p_aulwhite ​ “ ​ @yobrvldas ​ “ ​ @anroburger7689 ​ “ ​ @small.footprints.aotearoa ​ Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v2 - DRAFT) Join our our wonderfully supportive Patreon community from as little as one dollar a month and receive: Show More 4 2 Simply sharing our films is a great way to support the work we do and help our work reach even more people. We really appreciate it! Show More 1 Film screenings are a great way to connect with your community and can be the perfect starting place for building local resilience. Show More 5 3 Find out how Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Festival selections: Find out more about Hinewai Nature Reserve and Hugh Wilson: • Visit the Hinewai Reserve website • Read about the film in the media • The beautiful soundtrack to Fools & Dreamers , composed by Karl Steven and Ariana Tikao, is available for purchase as an album on Bandcamp . All proceeds from sales will be donated to Hinewai Reserve. Support Hinewai Nature Reserve: The work at Hinewai Reserve is made possible in part due to generous donations from people all over the world. If you’d like to make a contribution, big or small, you can do so using the PayPal donate button (you don’t need a PayPal account, just a credit card) or by bank transfer/cheque using the details below. Direct credit: Maurice White Native Forest Trust BNZ Akaroa 02 0832 0044225 00 Cheque: Maurice White Native Forest Trust Hinewai Reserve 632 Long Bay Road R.D.3 Akaroa 7583 New Zealand Fools & Dreamers: Regenerating a Native Forest is a 30-minute documentary about Hinewai Nature Reserve, on New Zealand’s Banks Peninsula, and its kaitiaki/manager of 30 years, botanist Hugh Wilson. When, in 1987, Hugh let the local community know of his plans to allow the introduced ‘weed’ gorse to grow as a nurse canopy to regenerate farmland into native forest, people were not only skeptical but outright angry – the plan was the sort to be expected only of “fools and dreamers”. Now considered a hero locally and across the country, Hugh oversees 1500 hectares resplendent in native forest, where birds and other wildlife are abundant and 47 known waterfalls are in permanent flow. He has proven without doubt that nature knows best – and that he is no fool. Watch the trailer for Fools & Dreamers Download subtitles: Fools & Dreamers is currently available with English and Spanish subtitles. We hope to add more languages in the future. Click this link to download the .srt subtitle files . Endorsements of Fools & Dreamers: “Fools and Dreamers tells the most important story of our time.” – Paul Hawken, founder Project Drawdown “Watch this natural Kiwi miracle: how the earth regenerates native bush if given half a chance.” – Bunny McDiarmid, Executive Director Greenpeace International “A powerful ‘call to action’ for all of us to heed.” – Jonathon Porritt, Forum for the Future “This is an inspirational documentary.” – Dr Mike Joy, freshwater ecologist “Regenerating human rights can learn from nature: it takes ‘Fools and Dreamers’ to give life a chance….” – a personal message from Kumi Naidoo, Secretary General of Amnesty International Regenerating Nature, Simple Living About Fools & Dreamers 30 mins Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v5) Click on the options below to find out more about each one. 5) Host a community film screening 4) Become a Patreon subscriber 3) Make a one-off donation 2) Sign up for our newsletter 1) Share this film with someone else Find out how Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. 5 Host a community film screening 4 Become a Patreon subscriber 3 Make a one-off donation 2 Sign up for our newsletter 1 Share this film with someone Find out how

Food Waste Recycling Through Community Composting Be & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v1) Join our our wonderfully supportive Patreon community from as little as one dollar a month and receive: Show how 4 2 Simply sharing our films is a great way to support the work we do and help our work reach even more people. We really appreciate it! Show how 1 Film screenings are a great way to connect with your community and can be the perfect starting place for building local resilience. Show how 5 3 Find out how “ Incredible video full of such inspiring people!! Made me cry and want to be part of a community like this myself someday! @iloveowls8748 YouTube “ This inspirational docu brought me to tears of joy! What a wonderful masterpiece of grass roots empowerment that shows what is possible if we look at what we can do rather than what we cannot do. @turtle2212 YouTube “ Thank you Happen Films for making such an inspirational story once again. Ben and his team deserve so much gratitude and thanks for doing what every town should be doing! @helenmcgill5563 YouTube “ Compost heroes indeed! Beautiful! Thank you for creating, documenting, and sharing such an important and inspiring journey! There needs to be a bEartha in every town and community. @amber6172 YouTube Other films you might like Share your thoughts about the film Ben & bEartha Which film are you commenting on? Your name or username Your comment * Required Submit comment Your comment has been submitted “ ​ @iloveowls8748 ​ “ ​ @turtle2212 ​ “ ​ @helenmcgill5563 ​ “ ​ @amber6172 ​ Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v2 - DRAFT) Join our our wonderfully supportive Patreon community from as little as one dollar a month and receive: Show More 4 2 Simply sharing our films is a great way to support the work we do and help our work reach even more people. We really appreciate it! Show More 1 Film screenings are a great way to connect with your community and can be the perfect starting place for building local resilience. Show More 5 3 Find out how Thank you! This film was made possible through the generous financial support of the Biome Trust with assistance from The Gift Trust . Festival selections: Links to information about Nelson’s Community Compost and its composting programme Community Compost website detailing their composting service and Compost Club Instagram feed for Community Compost featuring their automatic composting machine Follow Community Compost’s food waste recycling journey and connect with their team of composters on Facebook Links to more about bEartha the compost turner and the need for food waste composting ‘Creating a composting machine – a tale of invention’ – RNZ interview with Ben Bushell ‘Nelson community compost scheme aims to avoid waste’ – Stuff article on Community Compost’s composting service ‘Why our food scraps are being driven hundreds of kilometres out of town’ – The Spinoff article about food waste recycling Links to resources about how to make compost We love Kiwi gardener Kath Irvine’s Easy Peasy Compost article for tips on making great compost at home. If you prefer a video to learn how to make compost, Morag Gamble of the Permaculture Institute offers the in-depth guide 5 Ways to Compost . This is a link to a fabulous online book by Home Grown Permaculture called Home Composting in Hobart (but of course, you don’t need to be in Hobart for it to work for you too!). In Ben & bEartha (or Ben and Bertha) we follow the story of passionate composter Ben Bushell of Community Compost, Nelson ( https://communitycompost.co.nz/ ). Ben’s taking community composting to the next level! Why is composting important? What is aerobic composting? How can mechanical composting support the need for food waste solutions? And what’s the story with “community composting” anyway? Through the inspiring story of Ben and his passionate composting community, we get to know bEartha. An automatic composting machine that’s about to revolutionise small-scale commercial composting. Watch the trailer for Ben & bEartha: Farming & Composting, Zero Waste, Community About Be & bEartha: A Community's Compost Love Story 39 mins Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact (v5) Click on the options below to find out more about each one. 5) Host a community film screening 4) Become a Patreon subscriber 3) Make a one-off donation 2) Sign up for our newsletter 1) Share this film with someone else Find out how Five ways you can help increase our reach and impact Click on the options below to find out more about each one. 5 Host a community film screening 4 Become a Patreon subscriber 3 Make a one-off donation 2 Sign up for our newsletter 1 Share this film with someone Find out how

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